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"Supervisory Committee?"

After hearing what Wang Hui said, Zhang Xiaochun subconsciously repeated it.

Both of them couldn't believe it. Now that Datong Mansion has become an isolated city, how could an armed force of the Supervisory Committee appear from the outskirts of the city and be able to help them fight against the Jurchens?
Wang Hui couldn't believe it.

"Didn't you say that the Supervisory Committee is familiar with the Jurchens?"

Zhang Xiaochun, who knew the facts, had some hope. He quickly ran towards the crenellations at the top of the city, "Manager Wang, get your binoculars!"

Wang Hui and Zhang Xiaochun hurried to the crenellations at the top of the city, opened their telescopes, and looked at the place where the flames were soaring into the sky.

It was hard to see clearly in the dark night, but it was obvious from the four shouts that something big had happened in the Jurchen camp.

And the rumbling sound of cannons became clearer and clearer.

Not long after, I saw a sudden commotion in the camp near Datong Mansion where the Jurchens were approaching.

Countless soldiers ran out.

Wang Hui took the telescope and looked carefully.

"These are armored heavy cavalry. They are probably the soldiers and horses of the original Prime Minister Tong. They must have attacked the camp of the surrendered army."

The more Wang Hui watched, the more surprised he became. He did not follow Tong Guan to fight in Shandong, but he had heard about the Supervisory Committee's fighting methods.

"Attacking with artillery at night is exactly what the Supervisory Committee does."

Zhang Xiaochun's face was full of disbelief: "Is this true?"

Seeing Wang Hui nodding, Zhang Xiaochun suddenly felt a burst of joy in his heart.

The riot in the Jurchen camp lasted for most of the night. Wang Hui and Zhang Xiaochun also stayed up all night, paying attention to the situation in the north of the city.

What can be seen from the top of the city of Datong Prefecture is very limited, but analysis of the observed situation shows that the Jurchens were indeed attacked, and the sneak attack was quite successful.

When the fight lasted until midnight, Wang Hui even came up with the idea of ​​leading his troops out to steal the camp.

Of course, considering their combat effectiveness in the end, Wang Hui gave up decisively.

The supervisory committee's armed forces who went to attack the Jurchens did not seem to have strong firepower.

The initial cannon bombardment probably used up all their gunpowder reserves. After a while, the explosions gradually weakened.

By the middle of the night, there was only noise in the Jurchen camp, and there was no more sound of muskets.

Wang Hui judged that the Supervisory Committee only used a small group of armed forces to attack the Jurchen army. The effect was just to show its presence around Datong Mansion, and it did not intend to cause much damage to the Jurchens.

But just this has made the people in the city calm.

Datong Mansion is no longer an isolated city, and there are still people who will come to help them. As long as they get this piece of news, the people in the city will be able to persist longer.

Sure enough, the Jurchens who originally thought they were going to continue to attack the city early the next morning did not come with any soldiers. Instead, they were resting in the camp, seemingly cleaning up the aftermath.This surprised Wang Hui and others. It seemed that the damage caused to the Jurchens by the Supervisory Committee's sudden attack last night was not as small as they imagined.

What made the people in the city even more happy was that a large number of artillery shells hit the city at noon that day.

The shells were so light that they shattered as soon as they hit the ground.

When it landed on the ground, everyone opened it and saw what kind of shells they were. They were bundles of cloth, with weights wrapped in the middle, so they could shoot so far. In fact, the outside was all wrapped in silk.

Some cloth bags fell in the city, smashing people's roof tiles, some cloth bags fell directly on the top of the city, and a few pillows that were not very good actually fell into the Jurchen camp and the ditch outside the city.

When the people opened the cloth bags, they saw one leaflet after another from the Supervisory Committee.

The content of the leaflet is to encourage the people of Datong Prefecture to defend the city carefully. The Supervisory Committee's army has set out from North China and will definitely restore this place. As long as the people guard for enough time, the Supervisory Committee's army will be able to drive away the Jurchens.

Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Hui initially wanted to collect these leaflets, but after actually seeing the situation in the city, they chose to give up. If they did not cooperate with the supervisory committee at this time, they were afraid that these people would not even be active in defending the city. .

It is ironic to say that these people did not trust the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, they were more confident about the news that the North China Supervisory Committee was coming, and expected the Supervisory Committee to come to save them.

And the same situation is happening throughout Yunzhong County.

The Jurchens' vanguard troops kept advancing, and the Song army was invincible along the way. After the Jurchens restored cities one by one, they left their servant troops to wipe out the local resistance forces.

At this time, everyone discovered that the original North China base of the Supervisory Committee had developed a huge power in these lands of the original Liao Kingdom. In an instant, there were more than 100 Supervisory Committees raising troops in Yunzhong alone.

Some were armed by the Supervisory Committee, while others voluntarily took up the name of the Supervisory Committee and joined the army.

The construction of the Supervisory Committee for more than a year has already produced results. They have accumulated a large number of handicraft workshops in the local area to provide military expenses, cultivated fertile land to provide military rations, and also hid a large number of weapons.

Even if there is no way to use the muskets supplied by the North China base, many cold weapons left by the Liao Kingdom were also confiscated by the Supervisory Committee's armed forces, and they can also be used to equip the people in emergencies.

At the same time, the Supervisory Committee also received great support among the Xi people.

Almost all the Xi people in Yunzhong followed the supervision committee. Half of the first batch of regular armed forces established by the supervisory committee in Yunzhong were cavalry birth protection teams composed of Xi people.

They hated the Jurchens deeply. In order to fight against the Jurchens, these cavalry maternity care teams only needed food, grass and equipment provided by the Supervisory Committee. Even the horses were brought from the tribe themselves for use.

Wanyan Zonghan, who was attacking Yunzhong all the way, felt his scalp numb when he saw this situation. The Song Army and the Resistance Army were no match for them on the frontal battlefield, but he found that every time he attacked a place, he sent a few people to stay and rule, and behind him Some supervisory committees armed themselves to cause trouble.

Some places where the guard strength was slightly weak actually fell into the hands of the Supervisory Committee in just a few days and nights.

There were so many supervisory committees that posed a threat to them, making it extremely difficult for the Jurchens to allocate heavy troops to guard some strategic locations to ensure continuous transportation of grain and grass.

This forced the Jurchens to rob local people to obtain food and grass while marching, and such robbery made the local people hate the Jurchens, which indirectly gave the Supervisory Committee great support.

Unlike the Jurchens who only brought troops, the Supervisory Committee had been operating in the local area for a long time and originally had many underground cadres. At this time, the Jurchens helped them drive away the Song army. After the Supervisory Committee was established, they directly took over the government The functions of the supervisory committee, such as collecting materials to supply the rebels, organizing civilian sects to engage in production, and transferring the wounded, were far more efficient than the Jurchens.

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't help but sigh: "When I sent out troops, I thought I was going to fight against the Song people, but I didn't expect that I was going to fight against the Supervisory Committee."

(End of this chapter)